Mar. 13, 2025 -- While some pain is normal and a necessary signal for our bodies, there is also pain that can be persistent and chronic. What is the difference between acute and chronic pain? And why ...

Chronic pain is complex and difficult to treat. Prescribing opioid pain medications has become controversial but may help some patients. With the goal of informing clinician practice, a new study ...

Researchers at the University of New South Wales Sydney are testing a new way to treat chronic nerve pain by training the ...

After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned. By Jennifer Kahn Most of us don’t think about pain ...

Living with chronic pain can affect everything from your mood to your mobility. And as we age, this struggle is often amplified as our bodies naturally change. While medications or even surgery are ...

Doctors say the studies may make healthcare providers more likely to prescribe federally approved medical cannabis for ...

The findings suggest that while chronic pain was associated with accelerated brain aging in earlier studies, healthy ...

If you suffer from chronic pain, and modern medicine has done all it can for you, psychological pain management methods based ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis ...

Hany Demian, MD, MBBCH, CCFP, is CEO of Praesentia Healthcare LLC, comprising BioSpine Institute, Ontario’s Pain Care Clinics and AlfaScan. Pain is often the first indicator of a problem and the first ...

‘Civil war’ in medical community on how to treat chronic pain leaves some patients terrified ‘beyond description’ The opioid epidemic that is sweeping the nation claimed a record 27,000 lives in 2014, ...

Caro Morales de Valencia’s pain started at age 13. Around the time of her first period, she was consumed by days of crippling abdominal pain, as well as overwhelming fatigue, dizziness, and nausea. As ...